“We’ve seen Zara Tindall, we’ve seen some of the other godparents who we’ve been able to identify.” Is that the royal “We” Nick? And: “Zara Phillips strictly speaking isn’t a member of the Royal Family because she’s not an HRH. But she is Duke of Windsor.” Which probably came as a shock to Wallis Simpson.

On days like this, though, Sky News tops the lot, with human calculator Paul Harrison: “Seven godparents in total. William had six, so there are more than William had.”

He added: “The godparents will be here at the christening.”

You dare say.

And events commentator Alastair Bruce, who owns the time-filler ­extraordinaire trophy: “We’ll be outside the christening, feeling very much the atmosphere coming out of the walls.

“The photographer will be taking ­photographs. The font will be quite close to the altar. A bus is arriving, probably with many of the godparents inside it from Kensington Palace.”

Either that or the 185 service to Lewisham is seriously lost.

Kate’s biographer Claudia Joseph brought it back from the brink, telling Kay Burley: “William likes to do some things his own way with a bit of tradition thrown in. So he hasn’t thrown the baby out with the bathwater.”

Though if he had, it would have made the christening pass a lot quicker.